Member Info for Jargonpain

I have similar view to you old timer, it seems to be an unhealthy fixation with this and mothercare leading to the production of verbal diarrhoea.

what the share price would be if the ceo had kept his mouth shut pending the update. i also wonder if any of his reward is linked to share price performance, which i doubt. anyway i am buying -

definitely not the same, debenhams has 900 - 1 billion intangibles on the balance sheet.

One has leases with about 5 years to run and one has leases with about 17 years, one has a strong brand name and one has a weak brand name. one is international and one is predominantly exposed to the UK. A better comparison for this might be house of fraser.

if the stores have an average lease length of 5 years can't they just run down the leases which would improve the margin? the pension deficit will probably be nowhere near what has been published. however the price doesn't reflect my hunches so no opinion.

Somebody please put this out of its misery. Hopefully next time I check it the ticker will not exist.

what about the results, are they not quite important and due before any dividends which incidentally I understand are not ex dividend next month.

I'm here as well. Waiting for 3 pounds plus.

The problem with holding shares these days is the leverage and the day traders. If you are looking for a good long term hold then this is it. The hysteria caused in part by the aforementioned will calm in time. I read recently that 75% of CFD and spread betting customers lose money, it just doesn't work on an ongoing basis, the market can find and close these positions. A little conspiracy theory, did the government put pressure on the business to raise money? Personally I think that it is best to get the news out all at once rather than a drip drip of bad news. I have some of these now and I am going to forget all about it until the 2019 at which point I would expect to be at a considerable profit. The problem here will be people trying to guess the bottom with leverage so it could be a bit dicey for a while even if it shoots back up at some point in the next few weeks. Good luck, don't panic. Tomorrow is another day.

lol! Whats your average??? Think its worth buying a few today.

Ophir. Not good but not a basket case. If you think about things logically, the update wasn't great and there has been some negative broker views. I think the average broker price targets are still above the current share price. Lots of spreadbetting/cfd positions being closed could impact a share price like this. My view remains the same low cost production, could be increased in future but not this year according to the update. A great asset in the pipeline. I think that I am right in saying that there have been no director buys for quite some time which is either a bad or a good sign. I was thinking about topping up on Friday but will either just leave what I have in here or top it up in a few weeks depending upon the price then. Right that is me here, definitely back in April, things to do. Good luck, don't panic and be careful about some of the people on these boards.

Get real. This business is fairly lean, leases about 5 years. Run them down, join up with something else to sell from. Its ironic the only instant purchase is on the high street. Add in the online business.

i think if the management leave this would tank so i'd stick with them. the road to success is never a straight line. back in April.

Cash in bank, making money, good P/E and plenty of opportunities for combinations. Could this slot inside Debenhams? Would shareholders accept Debenhams shares? People want to try on a suit before they buy it, similarly people want to hire suits. I am buying anyway.

Good to hear another opinion and always good to laugh. The prospect of this being inside another store without the current store costs is i think compelling. I also think the Mothercare brand is still fairly strong - this could be worth 2.00 a share minimum. Just out of interest what do you foresee on the high street? There will be more combinations and I am sure that this will be one of those.

should buy moss bros.

Or M&S - lots of possibly interested parties.

I'd go for John Lewis - run down or sell UK store leases/

Imagine if Mothercare managed to form some sort of combination then we'd see the value of the business. Here's hoping.

On the lips of investors? Sounds more like a fantasy vampire movie. Mothercareless.